Author Archives: Kevin

About Kevin

Kevin Sudeith is an artist and the creator and curator of the war rug collection seen on warrug.com. Beginning as (and remaining) a collector, he began selling war rugs to learn as much as possible about the rugs. Later he sold what he calls "regular rugs" to better study rugs and their historical origins. Sudeith learned how war rugs related to traditional Afghan tribal and workshop rugs as well as the broader Turkmen and Persian rug traditions.

News Story About Kevin Sudeith’s Petroglyph Opening in Berkeley

Yesterday’s Sunday edition of Contra Costa Times and the West County Times featured on the Local News front page a story about Kevin Sudeith’s petroglyph in North Berkely, which opens this weekend April 30 and May 1.

“The contrast of the super-old with the contemporary was just awesome to me,” Sudeith said.
After getting bachelor’s and master’s degrees in art, he taught himself to grind, chisel and paint the rock he’s working on, and he invented his own technique.
“I like making a durable document of art and documenting our contemporary technology,” Sudeith said.

What: Contemporary petroglyphs (rock carvings)
Who: New York artist Kevin Sudeith
When: Saturday April 30 and Sunday May 1, from 10:00am to 8:00pm
Where: 1959 San Antonio Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94707

Kevin Sudeith’s Petroglyph Featured on Discover Magazine Blog

Rebecca Horne, the Photo Editor at Discover Magazine, has a fascinating blog at Discover called Visual Science. Recently she posted a story about my latest petroglyph carving in Montana of the Chandra X-ray observatory.

More space petroglyphs are at Petroglyphist.com.

Besides Chandra in Montana there are two tractors (one with seeder drill), three pickups (pictographs), a water truck, an antelope (one was shot on the land while I was there), a double portrait of the original Czech homesteaders, and a cowboy with two cows.

Warrug.com rug in Wired Story about Growing the Afghan Carpet Industry

Here is a story about US Government efforts to build a sustainable rug weaving industry in Afghanistan.

The rug in the photo was shown at Denison University in Ohio, and it will be on display at a show at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan in September and October. It is also the invitation post card image. This pattern turned into Soviet Exodus rugs which turned into WTC rugs and Tora Bora rugs.

Status Update

Warrug.com will begin a period of hibernation soon. All rugs and war rug information will remain on line, but rugs will only be shipped once a month. If you are interested in any rugs, please email the rug number via the contact form, and one of us will reply regarding availability and shipping date. If you want to reach us urgently or to speak with Kevin please call 800-781-0153. Thanks!

As mentioned in the New York Times, Kevin Sudeith will be spending a year on the road making petroglyphs (and impressions of petroglyphs) in the wildernesses of the Western United States. To follow his adventure please see Kevin’s travel blog or to see examples of his petroglyphs please visit petroglyphist.com.

New York Times Covers Closure of Warrug.com’s Showroom

Corey Kilgannon has a story in the New York Times about the temporary closure of Warrug.com’s showroom in LIC so that Kevin Sudeith can spend a year making petroglyphic rock carvings in the wildernesses in the western United States.

Mr. Sudeith, who is also an artist, is declaring an armistice in his war-rug business so he can travel out West for a year to create petroglyphs, or rock engravings. The 400 rugs in his dusty basement warehouse (a former speakeasy) on Vernon Boulevard will be put in refrigerated storage.